National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

esidences will include demonstrations of Tibetan sand painting by NEA National Heritage Fellow Losang Samten
and performances of klezmer music by NEA National Heritage Fellow Elaine Hoffman Watts.
Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music, Inc. (aka POSAM)
$10,000 Pickens, SC
To support a bluegrass music education program. Youth and adults will receive instruction for various stringed
instruments of bluegrass music: banjo, bass, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin. Students also will learn songs from
that genre. Classes will be offered to youth in after school and summer programs, while evening programs will
provide instruction to adults. The project will conclude with performance opportunities for the students.
Radio Bilingue, Inc. (aka Radio Bilingue)
$25,000 Fresno, CA
To support the radio broadcast of the Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival and related programs. In addition to
the live performances of the festival's traditional conjunto tejano music, the broadcast will include commentary
and interviews with the artists. Following the festival, radio programs drawn from festival recordings will be
produced to include performances, interviews, and commentary about the history and significance of conjunto
music.
Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation (aka Salt Lake City Arts Council)
$15,000 Salt Lake City, UT
To support the Living Traditions Festival: A Celebration of Salt Lake's Folk and Ethnic Arts. Traditional music,
dance, and crafts from the many ethnic communities of the Salt Lake Valley-including Basque, Mexican, Pacific
Islander, and Native American-will be presented. Additional components will include hands-on arts activities for
youth at the festival, as well as a school day program allowing students an opportunity to participate more fully
in culturally diverse activities.
Sones de Mexico Ensemble (aka Sones de Mexico)
$30,000 Chicago, IL
To support the U.S. tour of Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico. While on tour, the ensemble will
present free educational programs for the general public demonstrating Mexican folk music and dance from the
various geographic regions of that country. The programs will illustrate the diversity of musical styles found in
Mexico and foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of the culture.
Step Afrika! USA Incorporated (aka Step Afrika!)
$10,000 Washington, DC
To support the Black History Month Tour. Performances of stepping, an African-American traditional dance form
that combines polyrhythmic, percussive footsteps, claps, body percussion, and spoken-word, will tour college
campuses and performing arts centers across the country. Scheduled to coincide with Black History Month, the
artists will offer workshops and master classes.
Taiko Community Alliance
$10,000 San Jose, CA
To support the North American Taiko Conference. The conference will bring together performers, teachers, and
enthusiasts of taiko drumming for workshops, discussion groups, demonstrations, jam sessions, and
performances of taiko drumming. NEA National Heritage Fellows Roy and PJ Hirabayashi are scheduled to
participate in discussion panels and performances.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.